May 2018 Moms
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Ten things Tuesday: Is January ever going to end edition (1/30)
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List ten things. They don’t have to have anything to do with one another.
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Re: Ten things Tuesday: Is January ever going to end edition (1/30)
2: My earthside child is going to be the death of me. (If I don’t kill him first)
3: My diet has been absolute shit for a while now and it’s starting to affect me. I need to start a new diet plan soon and get my life (and sugar addiction) under control.
4: I love my job and I always love it when I’m doing it, but I hate getting to and going to work. So much effort to get out the door...
5: I need to cook dinner (crockpot) but so much effort getting into the kitchen!
6: I’m really effing lazy today...
7: I like how I look right now pregnant, and wish I wasn’t going to get any bigger than this. (Three months yo go so that’s definitely not
going to happen)
8: We’ve settles on Jameson for a while now, and I’m already sick of people asking if we’re naming him after the whiskey. I don’t even drink. The smell of whiskey makes me nauseous. And Jameson whiskey isn’t even good whiskey.
9: My son is going to die if he bring me another glass bowl from my cabinet -.-
10: I’m so relieved I’m paying my sister to
clean my house every two weeks. She’ll be here Thursday to do the floors and bathroom and dusting. Worth every penny.
1) Hired painters for the nursery and the cost is double what we estimated, but I'm not painting and DH doesn't want to paint so...I dunno what he wants me to do.
2) My stomach is killing me today and we have contractors over
3) I hope I don't have the stomach flu.
4) My friends wanna do an annual girls weekend trip, but they are making it February in Puerto Rico this year (zika), so I can't go.
5) My ILs bought me maternity clothes for my birthday last week, but I use a subscription service for maternity clothes and really don't need anything, so I now need to return the clothes.
6) The only maternity clothes I do want are exercise clothes...but the store they bought from seems to have zero exercise clothes.
7) I need to start reading books again.
8) My friend sent me this tinybeans.com site/app that is an online memory book for the baby. Seems cute!
9) I hope I feel better for prenatal yoga tonight...and I hope this girl I see every class doesn't think I'm creepy when I say hi.
10) It's challenging to think of 10 things. Maybe that means my life is boring
Married: 8/22/15
BFP #1: 8/22/17 | DS: 4/20/18
BFP #2: 7/14/19 | EDD: 3/18/20
1) I'm losing my motivation at work knowing I'm going on mat leave soon
2) my mat leave job posting has just gone up and I'm hoping we hire someone good but not too good you know? Lol
3) I'm stopping work and taking 3 weeks vacation time before my due date and I keep getting told stories about someone who knows someone who worked up to their due date. Good for them! I don't want to. I don't have to. And frankly the possibility of going into labor at work is my worst nightmare. Especially since my water broke on its own at home right before when I went into labor with DS. Hello messy!! Do I want to risk that happening at work? No thanks.
4) I'm super thirsty today. Don't know why.
5) I'm working from home today and definitely painted my nails while on a conference call.
6) DS has the remaining 3 two year molars coming in and he is moody AF. It's been unpleasant for all.
7) I hate Tuesdays. I'm always exhausted on them. It never fails.
8) it's 11am and I'm still in my jammies. See point 5.
9) I'm getting a few small skin tags. Thanks pregnancy
10) I think I'm going to be bad and get a big greasy burger for lunch.
2. Like @ivyvines6 I like the size of my bump now, but have 13 weeks to go. And people are already telling me I look ready to pop.
3. I was planning out the rest of my semester at work and it feels like it is coming up quicker than I thought.
4. I hate that pregnancy seems to give license to people to comment on your body all the time. I am so tired of hearing about it. I know people don't mean to be offensive, but it bothers me.
5. My only interest in watching the Super Bowl this weekend is to see JT perform at half time.
6. I can't wait to not have to monitor my caffeine intake.
7. I want to start finding outfits for DS and the baby to wear for when we do newborn photos.
8. I can't eat enough conversation hearts these days.
9. DS was really cute this morning and told me he can hear the baby's heartbeat through my tummy.
10. I'm a little sad. I sold DS's infant bedding this week and it made me more emotional than I thought.
2. I want to kill MH anytime he complains about anything these days. I know it's unfair, but I really don't want to hear how tired and lazy you're feeling today.
3. I'm slightly worried that I haven't heard back from my midwives about my 3 hour glucose test. I'm keeping a "no news is good news" mindset right now, but I'm still feeling like crap today, and want to know how to make it stop.
4. I feel like I'm being melodramatic about this pregnancy, but between the progesterone shots and now all of this blood sugar crap, I just feel miserable most of the time. But at the same time, I don't want to go back to the woe-is-me, laying on the couch 24/7 that I did during the first tri. And I also know that so many on this board are having a harder time than I am, and then I feel guilty.
5. I'm sick of cold weather and snow.
6. I miss my kids, but I know as soon as I get home, I'll want them to leave me alone so I can lay on the couch. Cue more guilt.
7. My younger sister has been getting on my nerves the past few days, and I think I'm just going to avoid her for the rest of today. And maybe tomorrow.
8. I sound like a super Negative Nancy after re-reading these. I'm not feeling as negative as these make it seem.
9. I don't know what to have for dinner tonight. If I could have someone just do my grocery shopping for me and then tell me what to make every day, I wouldn't hate cooking nearly as much as I do.
10. I'm with @mileswithmyles, I kinda don't want to watch the Super Bowl this weekend, but will definitely watch the halftime show.
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
They do non-maternity too, but I put in my info that I am only looking for maternity clothes so that's all I see for "my closet." You get 2+ boxes of clothes per month depending on how often you return the totes.
If you wanna do a trial box for free, you can use my referral link to get a free box: https://letote.com/freetote/KELLY5150
One annoying thing is that the non-maternity subscription is cheaper
Also, I very much agree with your number (4) and number (6).
Married: 8/22/15
BFP #1: 8/22/17 | DS: 4/20/18
BFP #2: 7/14/19 | EDD: 3/18/20
@sandbar517 I think no news is good news, but my fingers and toes are crossed for you and I hope you hear back soon. And yup, when people get on my nerves, I find it's best to have at least a 24 hour hiatus from talking to them. Calms me down and prevents me from saying something I might later regret.
Married: 8/22/15
BFP #1: 8/22/17 | DS: 4/20/18
BFP #2: 7/14/19 | EDD: 3/18/20
2. I work for a fall small family business so I’m super afraid they are going to still call and text me work related questions and I don’t want that. I’m done April 6th and I’m looking forward to no work.
3. Pretty sure I’m going to be a SAHM and I don’t know if I’m more annoyed by the people telling me it’s a bad idea or the people telling me “it’s the right thing to do.” Everyone should stop having opinions about how others organize their families.
4. I miss my dogs. I left my beagle out in the house today so I’m interested to see how it went.
5. Lots of baby kicks yesterday and a good bit today. So wonderful every time.
6. I miss reading but nothing other than baby books and pregnancy books are holding my attention right now.
7. DH will get his yearly review in a few weeks and I’m very nervous about the possibility of us having to move or him having to work out of town part time.
8. I’m watching the OC on Hulu, while at work. No shame.
9. Pretty sure we are supposed to have grilled chicken salads tonight for dinner but I don’t feel like cooking so it might end up being a frozen pizza instead.
10. Is it Friday yet?
Married: 8/22/15
BFP #1: 8/22/17 | DS: 4/20/18
BFP #2: 7/14/19 | EDD: 3/18/20
@silverhope Good for you - taking charge! I'm sure they will do a great job painting too, which is more than I can say for anytime I try to do it myself.
1. Like @sandbar517 I have no motivation at work. I just want to spend all day on TheBump or reading product reviews or doing anything but worry about work.
2. Tomorrow night DH and I are going to an infant care class. He has never held a baby before so we are going to the hospital for a class with another couple to learn about diapering, bathing, good sleeping environments, etc.
3. DH and I big nerds. We feel more equipped with information from books, blogs, reviews, etc. It'll be funny for everyone around us I'm sure when we scramble after the twins are born. We also know that no number of books will prepare us for raising kids.
4. I am very fortunate that my company will let me take 12 weeks off after the babies come. I probably will not want to come back. But we didn't win the lotto recently, so I'll have no choice.
5. I am ready for spring and for these snow flurries to end.
6. A woman in my office never puts her phone on vibrate and it dings everytime she gets a text. And she's on A LOT of group texts it seems.
7. We're all caught up on SuperStore and The Goldbergs and now we have nothing to watch.
8. I unabashedly check the registry all the time to see what has been purchased. I just get so excited about the babies coming and envisioning myself using all these products!
9. My mother has invited 112 people to the March baby shower. I'm kind of not looking forward to all the small talk.
10. I recently joined the Instant Pot movement. I am a definite convert.
@sandbar517 Also sick of snow and winter! We just got a couple of inches this morning, but it's still super annoying.
@mileswithmyles In the 80s?! Where do you live?
@ivyvines6 Totally get your perspective about your body. I feel the same!
@onesmallcoconut Extra leave time to prepare is awesome!!
And now DD is up from her nap, so my 10 things will have to wait...
Married: 8/22/15
BFP #1: 8/22/17 | DS: 4/20/18
BFP #2: 7/14/19 | EDD: 3/18/20
@nhardler that’s a lot of people! And the constantly dinging phone would make me crazy.
in pretty quickly (at least they do here), so
hopefully no news is good news!
1) my levels were elevated at the 1 hour sugar test, so now I have to do the 3 hour one. It was easier to deal with when I was pregnant the first time and it was just a few hours out of the office. Now I have to try and find a lab I can get to during nap time and get a babysitter
2) we all have been fighting off a cold, I am just really glad it wasn’t the flu (yet at least)
3) I can’t deal with my husband when he complains about said cold, then takes NyQuil and sleeps soundly through the night
4) my patience for my toddler has been low today, and I feel bad about it
5) I am starting to freak out that in a few months I am going to have a newborn and a toddler
6) I am so ready for warmer weather
7) and for it to be lighter past 5pm so my husband can go run around our toddler outside when he gets home from work at 6pm (or so)
8) I am starting to get heartburn after every meal I eat
9) it makes my blood boil to even hear about people commenting on pregnant woman’s bodies. Unless you want me commenting on your stomach, don’t say a word about mine
10). I get a little excited when a new bmb pops up because it means we are one month closer, and I find the usual new board drama entertaining to lurk
@bjkay22, I don't understand other people's fascination with whether or not a woman or man decides to be a stay at home parent. Why does it matter if it's not affecting your life????
I think I'm "lucky" in that most people knew beforehand I'd be at stay at home mom because I didn't work for 5 months before getting pregnant so we could focus on getting pregnant through ivf. And with twins, it seems to make more sense to people for me to stay home vs just having one kid. Why though? If it's right for a family, why should it matter???
@nhardler, you won't be scrambling! Honestly, I think twins (a lot of the time) are a heck of lot easier than people will lead you to believe. People have been asking us the last 2 years how we handle it and just answer with "we just do". So many singleton parents scared us into thinking it would be much harder than it is. Granted, our twins were "easier" babies when it came to sleep and eating and neither had colic or witching hours. As long as we kept them on the same schedule, it was honestly not that much more work to feed 2 bottles at once or change diapers back to back.
2. DD has been possessed ever since waking up from nap. I wish it was warm enough to play outside without spending 30 minutes getting all 3 of us dressed. She needs to burn some energy.
3. Baby Mayday did not have a lot of movement yesterday and is more than making up for it today.
4. I cannot wait for DH to get home so I can go to Target alone and try to find my sanity.
5. My brother is coming into town later this week to look at houses and it's blowing my mind! He hasn't lived in this area since high school basically and has been talking for years about moving back. I always thought he was bluffing, but now it seems fairly real.
6. I think I've decided what colors to paint the nursery. I just have to run it by DH to see if the colors I chose will look weird together to him since he has issues seeing colors correctly.
7. My trainer at the gym last night said a really dumb comment about me trying to keep working out the next few weeks. Really reminded me that most men in their early 20s have no clue how hard pregnancy can be.
8. I should really do laundry, but I've already cleaned the kitchen, cleaned windows, and vacuumed today so I feel like that's enough chores.
9. @ivyvines6 comment reminded me that I need to get with my mom and find out when she needs me to come clean her house again.
10. Why do my children climb everything???
@onesmallcoconut DS was a hard teether at the beginning and would always get a cold the time a tooth was pushing through. Thank goodness his 2 year molars came in without an issue.
AFM:
1) I'm excited for the super blue blood moon tomorrow morning, I checked and it should best be visible between 6:15-6:30 in the morning tomorrow.
2) I ate breakfast for lunch today, and my skillet had way too much cheese, and I am already having bathroom issues.
3) SO decided he was going to try intermittent fasting in combination with a Keto diet. I was on board with supporting him and him not eating the same dinner with me and DS. But I about lost it when he went out drinking last night and then came home with McDonald's and then proceeded to eat the last 2 cookies I made with a glass of milk.
4) Frequent urination is a new symptom for me. I am going like every half hour.
5) I wfh tomorrow, have my GD appt, and DS is having a play date with an old hs friend and her son on my lunch break. It's going to be a busy day tomorrow.
6) Potty training is going great for DS! We are into week 2.
7) I'm not as hungry as I was yesterday.
8) I wonder how much weight i really have gained since my last OB appt, I will find out tomorrow.
9) Baby sister's crib got delivered today, i have a little guilt because it's not as "solid" as DS's. We will see how we like it once we get it together and decided if it will do.
10) I can't believe it's only Tuesday, it should at least be Wednesday.
@dem068a I’m also freaking out a bit about having a newborn and a toddler. Im trying to remind myself how quickly DS changes and how he will be more independent and helpful by May- hopefully.
@nhardler omg the constant dinging would drive me crazy!
@bjkay22 people definitely need to just keep their opinions to their self. Being a working mom is hard and being a stay at home mom is hard. And The OC is amazing!!
@sandbar517 I’m hoping you get good news back quickly!
1. I use to judge/not have a clue when parents won’t leave their house or get crazy because of nap time or bedtime. Now that we’ve been working on establishing routines and they are starting to pay off I totally get it and feel bad for judging.
2. DS let my husband put him to bed last night without me AND he slept through the night until 6:20. It was better than Christmas morning.
3. I can’t wait until it’s warm enough to play outside. Instead it’s 14 degrees and we are getting more snow.
4. I’m nervous that because bedtime and nap time have FINALLY started going well DS will start getting his 2 year molars and drag us back into the living hell that is teething with this poor kid.
5. I’m praying this new little guy loves sleep and has no trouble cutting teeth.
6. I don’t think this new little guy will ever have a name. I’m very sick of people asking and then not believing us and thinking we are keeping a secret. We shared the name last time once we had one.
7. I’m craving cheese fries and these BBQ chicken nachos we use to get at a bar where we use to live.
8. I’m obsessed with root beer floats which is something I haven’t had since I was a kid. I just bought another container of vanilla ice cream.
9. Fun fact: Pregnant anacondas don’t eat for the entire 7 months they are pregnant. I on the other hand cant stop.
10. I really enjoy everyone’s responses/gifs when someone new to the bump creates a new thread.
@silverhope - I hope you are feeling better. Any books you are thinking of reading? I have a few but have been too tired at night to start one.
@onesmallcoconut - a vacation before sounds nice. I am going to be wishing I was. I have never had my water just randomly break so it would be a first but me in labor, with a class full of kindergarteners sounds like a nightmare
@mileswithmyles - Our weather has been annoying here too. Also, I am with you I will watch the halftime show and that's it.
@sandbar517 - just because you feel like others might have it worse, that doesn't mean that you can't feel bad. You don't have to feel guilty, pregnancy is hard! FX that your GT was fine. Hang in there
@bjkay22 - Hope your beagle behaved himself. I miss reading too, I am too tired at night to read anything though.
@nhardler - I know I won't want to come back to work after the baby is born either but sadly I have not won the lottery either. I guess there is still time before our LOs arrive fingers crossed...
@dem068a - FX that your 3 hour goes well. I hope you feel better soon - being sick when pregnant sucks.
@suchaglencoco - Target? Alone??? That is the stuff dreams are made of!! Also, could you please send me some of your cleaning motivation? Because sweet baby Jesus my house is a mess
@bwow615 - I want to be excited about the moon but I can't be.... super moon = crazy students Yay! For successful potty training. That has always been the one phase I dread.
@clee5711 - Thinking and agreeing on names can be so hard! Do you have any front runners at all?
2. I am so tired - work has really been wearing me out. It worries me because I still haven't even hit 3rd tri yet.
3. I am currently out of ice cream at my house. This is unacceptable.
4. My favorite comment on my pregnancy today... rando person at work: Oh when are you due again? Me: May 19th. Rando: Oh boy... you have a long way to go
5. I am so ready to say goodbye to January- bring on February.
6. Yay! For new BMB opening makes me feel like we are getting closer and closer.
7. I don't care about the Super Bowl and only will be watching the halftime show but will definitely use it as an excuse to eat all the yummy food.
8. I am dreading my GT. Last time I did the 2 hour I got really light headed and almost passed out.
9. I am watching Ellen's new game show. I am trying to like it because I love Ellen but OMG the amount of screaming the contestants do...I get that you are excited but dear God...
10. I really wish we had a small tv in our bedroom. We did but the one in the playroom broke so we moved ours there temporarily and that was over a year ago...I miss it
2. I am so grateful that DD took a nap today.
3. I was bummed that by the time we went outside to play in the snow (4ish), it seemed a lot colder than earlier in
the day. Plus, my maternity clothes are not that warm and I did not layer properly. So we were outside maybe 20 minutes.
4. Where is the freaking door frame that I ordered for said bathroom? I'm going to have to call tomorrow.
5. I have to schedule 2 doc appointments (peds for DD and derm for me), I've been thinking about it for at least a week and haven't done it.
6. Bought the paint for our nursery today! First step.
7. I have to send out a newsletter for my neighborhood org in a couple of days and don't really have any news to put in it. Jan/Feb is blah.
8. Now that it's almost Feb, I really need to start planning DD's birthday soon (it's at the end of Feb).
9. Had to close my credit card due to fraud. This is the second time it's happened in less than 6 months. Super annoying!
10. Can't wait to watch some TV in a few -- maybe my recording of The Bachelor?
@maplemom18 I love the bachelor! I can even get my husband to watch with me. Although he will pretend he doesn’t like it.
2. I am terrified of getting the flu, especially since my coworker who sits next me got it.
3. Today my 6 year old daughter explained how an eclipse worked with real scientific terms but when I was asked the difference between a mouth and I throat- I referred to the throat as a mouth tunnel. My daughter is clearly better at science than me.
4. My mom and son made chocolate cupcakes today and they were insanely good.
5. I shouldn’t be eating chocolate cupcakes because this pregnancy has me so constipated but I also would rather have cupcakes than prune juice.
6. I am so tired in the morning and at dinner time but never at bedtime.
7. My daughter loves feeling the baby kick at night before bedtime.
8. Like everyone else on here today- I am so over working but I’m not due until the end of May so I have a ways to go but I can’t bring myself to care a ton about my projects.
9. I have watched so much tv lately that I have run out of good binge shows and feel like I need to save something good for when the baby comes and I am nursing at all hours.
10. I am trying so hard to save money but keep getting targeted with baby clothing ads. I don’t think my husband realizes how much money we are saving by being team green because if I knew the gender I would have bought so many things at this point. Not getting served very many ads for things I would consider gender neutral- if that changes I am screwed!
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
Also, I have to keep a stock of ice cream at my house too. Completely agree that having no ice cream is unacceptable!
@maplemom18 I hate scheduling appointments too! I fully realize it is not a big deal to call and schedule, but I put it off for so long. This actually ended up screwing me over bc one of my doctor's appointments had to be scheduled for Jan instead of Dec and then we had a new deductible
Married: 8/22/15
BFP #1: 8/22/17 | DS: 4/20/18
BFP #2: 7/14/19 | EDD: 3/18/20